Top companies: EPS growth
Rank Company FSB 100 Rank Earnings per share growth (3-yr. annualized) Net income ($ millions)
1 North American Galvanizing & Coatings 4 276.2% 9.2
2 Rochester Medical 16 241% 2.9
3 Ultimate Software 19 208.2% 33.1
4 Pericom Semiconductor 30 203.3% 13.0
5 Learning Tree 71 201.8% 18.6
6 Astronics 1 201.4% 15.4
7 Kreisler Manufacturing 18 169.9% 2.0
8 Bitstream 25 157.2% 4.0
9 Interactive Intelligence 10 152.3% 16.8
10 Bolt Technology 3 148.6% 13.3
11 AeroCentury 8 143.5% 3.6
12 Edgewater Technology 28 136.5% 8.8
13 The Knot 11 135.3% 11.9
14 Actuate 37 106.2% 20.2
15 Synalloy 56 104.3% 10.1
16 Logility 24 101.9% 6.3
17 Life Partners Holdings 7 99.6% 19.0
18 Arena Resources 2 97.2% 34.4
19 LMI Aerospace 21 97.2% 13.2
20 Trio-Tech International 48 93.1% 2.7
21 Vasco Data Security International 5 90.2% 21.0
22 Versar 54 89.3% 5.7
23 Thomas Group 12 85.7% 7.1
24 Amerigon 15 84.4% 7.4
25 Dynamic Materials 6 82.4% 24.6
26 OYO Geospace 14 81.9% 15.1
27 Concur Technologies 13 75.4% 10.6
28 NetScout Systems 66 74.5% 4.9
29 WSI Industries 43 73.6% 1.3
30 Stamps.com 50 73.2% 10.7
31 UFP Technologies 75 71.4% 4.2
32 IntriCon 22 70.5% 1.9
33 Gencor Industries 91 70% 30.1
34 Nobel Learning Communities 90 68.2% 7.7
35 American Science and Engineering 61 66.6% 20.5
36 Mercer Insurance Group 36 66.3% 14.2
37 Transcat 86 61.6% 2.1
38 Palomar Medical Technologies 51 58.3% 20.5
39 ICU Medical 45 57.9% 23.1
40 Medtox Scientific 78 56.7% 6.7
41 American Physicians Service Group 39 56.7% 23.3
42 Almost Family 59 56.5% 7.6
43 Ebix 23 56.3% 12.7
44 Supertex 79 56.1% 17.7
45 Gulfport Energy 9 55.1% 37.8
46 Nortech Systems 100 54% 1.6
47 Globecomm Systems 67 51.4% 12.3
48 Elecsys 84 51.2% 0.8
49 Phase Forward 38 51.1% 29.2
50 Eastern Co. 87 50.8% 10.1
51 Mitcham Industries 20 50.8% 11.4
52 Willis Lease 73 50.1% 17.7
53 Parallel Petroleum 17 49.6% -4.7
54 IntegraMed America 99 46.5% 3.3
55 Pioneer Behavioral Health 69 45.4% 2.4
56 Natus Medical 26 45.3% 9.8
57 Health Grades 35 44.6% 6.7
58 Chyron 58 44.6% 3.7
59 Medifast 47 40.7% 3.9
60 American Medical Alert 92 39% 1.5
61 TradeStation Group 46 38.5% 35.4
62 CyberSource 29 38.4% 2.4
63 Spectrum Control 74 38% 10.8
64 Sun Hydraulics 40 37.6% 22.1
65 Quality Systems 52 37.3% 37.3
66 Nathan's Famous 88 37.1% 7.0
67 Jones Soda 76 36.7% -11.6
68 KMG Chemicals 72 36.5% 8.9
69 Meridian Bioscience 65 35.6% 28.6
70 Atlantic Tele-Network 32 34.2% 36.2
71 Spectranetics 33 33.4% 7.2
72 Asta Funding 81 32.8% 54.3
73 Chase Corp. 64 32.4% 11.6
74 CAM Commerce Solutions 98 31.9% 5.4
75 Iris International 80 29% 7.6
76 Mesa Laboratories 62 27.6% 4.9
77 Lifeway Foods 49 26% 3.2
78 Atrion 97 25.2% 14.0
79 GeoResources 31 23.3% 2.3
80 PeopleSupport 68 23% 32.3
81 TGC Industries 27 22.1% 7.6
82 United States Lime & Minerals 44 21.6% 10.5
83 Balchem 60 21.5% 16.1
84 PrimeEnergy 53 17.9% 7.6
85 Key Technology 96 17.2% 6.9
86 Royal Gold 89 17.2% 20.0
87 Smith Micro Software 85 16.7% 3.2
88 Fuel Tech 34 16.1% 7.2
89 LivePerson 77 15.4% 5.8
90 HMS Holdings 70 14.8% 15.0
91 Art's-Way Manufacturing 57 12.2% 2.3
92 NetLogic Microsystems 83 10.2% 2.6
93 Carrizo Oil & Gas 41 8.7% 16.6
94 Tessera Technologies 95 6% 45.1
95 Bankrate 42 3.7% 20.0
96 Edac Technologies 82 2.2% 3.4
97 A.D.A.M. 55 0.1% 3.9
98 Abaxis 93 -1.5% 12.0
99 Somanetics 94 -3.9% 9.0
100 American Ecology 63 -4.2% 19.4
From the July/August 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business
*For the trailing four quarters to 2/29/08
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